Gutter hanger



fil? 29 ,l 1924. 1,491,921

' M. RACHLIN GUTTER HANGER Filed March 22 1923 v 2 Shees-Sheet. 1

INVENTOR ATTORNEY April 29, 1924. 1,491,921

M. RAcHLlN GUTTER HANGER Filed March 22 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l? ...M mi "www @"Niw wlm- "um INVENTOR :c

BY Y W ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

tieten MAX RACHLIN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

reU'rraER HANGER.

l`A,pplieation led Iltiarcli 22, 1923. l Serial No.

T0 all wilma it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAX RACHLIN, a citizen of Russia, and resident of the city of New York, in the vcounty of Kings and State o f New York, have invented certain new and usefuly Improvements in Gutter Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in gutter-hangers, that is to say to devices for supporting roof gutters.

The main 'object of. the invention is to provide a gutter-hanger,fneluding'a bar exo tending transversely of the Vgutter andfprovdedon one of its ends with a .hook-shaped section `fitting overthe bead of the gutter, a simple and efficient means being provided for effectively locking the said hook-shaped section in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gutter-hanger of the type mentioned whichis simple in construction, eicient in operation, durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so diflicult to make as to bebeyond the reasonable 4cost of such a contrivance.

-With these and other objects in view,

which will more fully appear as 4the nature ofthe invention is better understood,the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, `it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. ,A

A few of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated' Ain the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through a gutter-hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention, the gutter being shown in position thereon; Fig. 2 is aseotion taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. '3 is a side elevation ofthe transversely extending bar of the gutter-hanger and portions ofthe elements co-operating therewith; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 1 -i of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section ,taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the inner end of the transversely extending bar of the hanger Fig. 7 is a section similar to the one 'andl 5k ofthe drawings, an aperture 23 exshown in Fig. 1 of a modification of the invention; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank of which the transversely extending bars of the hangers shown in Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive, 6o are madegFig. 9 is a section similar tothe one shown'inFig. 7 of a further modification of the invention; and Figi() is a plan view of the hanger shown in Fig. 9 in flat Condition." t

AReferring now first to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, ofthe drawings,v the numeral 13 indi- Cates a roof-gutter, the outer edge of which is provided with a bead 14, as usual in constructions ofthistype, while its inner edge 15 is plain. ,For supporting this gutter in proper relation to the roof 16 of the building, there is provideda plurality of hangers. spaced apart a suitable distance, each of said hangers including a gutter embracing strap 17, a transversely extendingbar 18, and a bracket 19, the latter being attached to ,Said bar and roof. 'The bar and bracket aremade of sheet metal of any preferred gage and united 'by rivets or other suitable fastening means, while the embracing strap 1,7' entre @f Wire. e

'bar includes an outer hook-shaped section "20,1itting over the bead 14 of the gutter, itsopposite endQ-l being` bent over the edge of Vthe gutter, as clearly shown'in'Fig. 1 of the drawings. The free end ofthe hook-,shaped section 20 of the bar 18 is fork-shaped, as shown at 22V inFigs. 4A

te/ndingthrough the hook-shaped section 20 centrally `in rear of theprongs vof the said forkshaped end, and through this aperture isehntended the gutter-.embracing wire 17. The outerendlof the wire is flattened as shownv `at 24,tlie flattened end vlosing disposed between the 'prongs of the forkshaped end of thehook-shaped section 20. The said fork-shaped end and the iattened end 24C of the wire strap 17 project into the bead 141 of the gutter, for a purpose hereinafter tobe described, while the other end of the wire 'extends through an aperture 25 in the bent p`ortion'21 of the bar 18, and is thence bentfdownwardly into contact with the rear face of the said bent portion, as shown at 26. ln the rear face of the bent portion 21 of the bar 18 is formed a groove 27, in which the downwardly bent end portion 26 o-f the wire 17 is disposed. The rear face of thebent portion 21 of the bar 18 presen-ts thus a fiat surface when the wire is 'g' y 'Y 1,491,921 s i therein. The inner end of the bar 18 is provided with inwardly lprojecting prongs 28,

Vwhich are adapted to be driven into the inner plainV edge of the gutter, so as tosecurely hold the hanger on the gutter. The

bracket 19 is joined'with the bar 1'8'by a section 20 of the bar 18, and the said hookshaped end engaged with the bead 14 oiV the gutter, the fork-shaped end 22 of the said bar` andv the attene'd Yportion 24 ofV the gutter embracing strap 17 being inserted into the said bead. The bent portion 21 'of the bar 18 lis then engaged with'i'the plain edge 15 Vof the gutter. After this, the strap 17 is bent around thefgutter and extendedv Y through theaperture in the bar 18. 1 The free inner end of the strap is thenvv bent downwards into the groove 27,` and the prongs28 driven into the gutter.' Finally, the bracket 19Yis fastened to the roof. The

Y outer end of the bar 18l andthe flattened 'end of the strap 17 are'engaged'with the bead of; the vgutter in order to hold the hook-shaped section 20 ofthey bar 18 in contact with the bea-d throughout the llength Y of the said hook.

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The modificationshown in Fig. 7 of the drawings differs from the Aone, above described in that the gutter embracing straps 17 is missing. Otherwise theconstruction and operation yoi theelements are the same jas` of those described in connection with Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, of the drawings.

further modification' of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 9 A"and l() of the draw-Vr ings, differing from the construction illus'- trated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, in that the gutter embracing strap 30 consists. of, ,a at

' strip of metal, which is gradually-reduced.'

in width from its outer end 31 to kits inner Theouter endis drawn' through two transverse slots 33 in the transversely extending bar 18 and is extended into the Y bead of the gutter, the inner end of the said strip being drawn through ak transverse slotY k34 in the bent portion 21" of the bar 18',y

and then bent'downwards onto the rearace or the saidY bent portion 21. 19 is also made in the formiof a fiat strip of metal, the lower end36 ofwhichis'drawn Ythrough transverse slotsV 36 `in the bar 18. f OtherwiseV the construction and operation The bracket of the elements are the same as of Vthose described in connection with Figs. 1'to 6, inclusive, of the drawings. however, vthat the free end of the hook'- shaped sectionv of the bar 18 is notV disposed within the bead of the gutter.

Thegutter embracing straps 17 and 30 are longitudinally shiftable on the transversely Vextending bars18 and 18, respectively, and are also detachable therefrom. In arranging these straps jshittably on the bars,'th`eir hook-engaging ends may be extended into the beads of the gutter andtheY straps used as levers in bending the hook! shaped ends of the -bars around the beads.

When the bending operation has` been mY` ished, kthe gutter embracing straps are drawn i Itis to be noted,

out from the bead as -ar'as the construe v tion Apermits and'then tightly bent against the underface of the gutter. ,K Y

WhatIclaimis:-' 1. A gutter-hanger comprising a bar extending transversely of the gutter and provided at its outer end with a hook-shaped section'tting over the bead ofthe gutter, i

the opposite end of said bar being fixed to the opposite edge` of thegutter, and ia strap member shiftab-le longitudinally upon the hook-shaped section' of said bar tightly embracing the underface ofthe gutter and engageable with the opposite endof said-Y bar,vthe outer end of said strapl member being adapted for insertion within the beaded edge'of' the'gutter to"lockvsaidhookV shapedsection in position. Y

2; A gutter-hanger*comprising abar extendingl transversely of thev gutter and pro videdat itsouter end with a hook-shaped section fitting over the bead of the gutter, the op'positerend of said bar Vbeing fixed toy the opposite edge of the gutter, astrap member shiftable longitudinally on the hookshaped section ofsaid bar tightly em:

bracing the 'underfa'ce Yoi" the gutter and engageable with Vthe opposite end of said i Y bar', the lastv mentioned end of said` ban being provided in its rear face with'a groove in which the inner end of said'stra'p memz ber is adapted to be seated, the youter endY Yof said strap Vmember beingadaptedl forY insertion'within Vthe beadedV end of 'said gutter to lock saidjhook-shaped end in position.

New York and State ofV New` York, this 21st day of February, A. D. 1923.

i MAX RACHLIN.

Signed -at New York, in the county of- 

